To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Share Embed Share URL Video File Node URL Embed Code <iframe title="MRC TV video player" width="640" height="360" src="https://www.mrctv.org/embed/76563" allowfullscreen></iframe> Responsive Embed Code Embed Code <iframe title="MRC TV video player" width="640" height="360" src="https://www.mrctv.org/embed/76563" allowfullscreen></iframe> During the 1995 government shutdown ABC reporter Jack Smith, on the Dec. 12 World News Tonight, relayed the story of two government workers who couldn't afford a Christmas tree.